"The End Justifies the Means":

A consequentialist may allow that certain foreseeable consequences might make lying acceptable, (Perfect example of all the Obama campaign lies…Obama's broken promises in the first 100 days!) A deontologist might argue that lying is always wrong, regardless of any perceived "good" that might come from lying. A virtue ethicist, however, would focus less on lying in any particular instance and instead consider what a decision to tell a lie or not tell a lie said about one's character. Clearly, Obama, his administration and our current Congress, have no virtue character as they make an orgy of spending our tax dollars with no regard of how this will negatively affect future generations of Americans.